BootsBoots

roofdiver wrote:Rad design but is this really a costume? If I'm wearing this at a party and someone says, "what are you dressed as?" what do I say? Maybe I'm just out of it and there's some well known character than goes around with a hand poking out of his stomach.

You're a guy with a crazy third hand under his shirt. That wants to grab things. Very chic

JadenKale

SailorButterfly wrote:Love it! I would be so tempted to make it a full costume if I got this shirt. I'd have to order the biggest size I could so it would be loose like his.

I think that would be amusing. Could you see a floodgate of little kids in Orko costumes with their battered and recolored Harry Potter hats from a couple halloweens back and purple scarves running up to houses for candy? I see a great resurgence of the least recreated of the characters. (put them in black long johns and make it look like they're floating) easy costume

aradicallynewnerd

Simply pull the shirt up over your head and *POOF* - Instant ghost! Blindly stumble in your ghostly rampage, or for you cautious types, cut out eye holes. Note: eye holes may become sultry nipple holes upon reapplication to torso.

Good for costume occasions or just to wear to work. Go show it to Jen a couple cubicles down, it's probably cool. I mean, she won't be expecting you, but you'll say "BOOGA BOOGA!" and it'll just be silly. She'll be fine.

FishRockette

fHalcyon

tgentry wrote:Thanks for your opinion, but I wholeheartedly disagree. Yes, I could have added a bunch of stuff all over the shirt like buttons, patches, vests, etc. but it's my opinion that it would look cheesy and no one would want to wear it. It's the equivalent to a tuxedo shirt, which rightfully has the place as one of the dumbest fad shirts ever conceived. I very purposefully exercised restraint in adding extraneous details.

It doesn't have to have a bunch of fake stuff plastered all over the shirt to make it a costume, it simply has to convey the concept that when the person is wearing the clothing, he or she "becomes" something else. Since everyone seems to be clear that the person wearing this is the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk then it definitely qualifies as a costume. And as for coasting, I spent 3-4 hours on this and it wasn't particularly easy.

I absolutely agree that you did this tastefully by not adding tons of cheesy details. For an attractive shirt it was the right choice to make.

However, that doesn't change the fact that when I saw this I thought robin hood, and it wasn't until I read the title that I got what you were going for. Every person here has read the title, and I bet that's why they're clear on what the costume is. However a person wearing this won't have a title on them to explain who they are. Although I guess they could walk around saying "fee fi foe fum" all the time.

I'm not asking for patches or a vest. Just some little detail to show that it's a giant. I'm sure you could figure out how to do it tastefully. You're good at this stuff.

ThaDuke

I do like this idea, but I agree with some of the folks in the derby thread - this will only be funny for a limited time - maybe without the state of ohio it would have been something wearable forever, but. . .

tgentry

fHalcyon wrote:I absolutely agree that you did this tastefully by not adding tons of cheesy details. For an attractive shirt it was the right choice to make.

However, that doesn't change the fact that when I saw this I thought robin hood, and it wasn't until I read the title that I got what you were going for. Every person here has read the title, and I bet that's why they're clear on what the costume is. However a person wearing this won't have a title on them to explain who they are. Although I guess they could walk around saying "fee fi foe fum" all the time.

I'm not asking for patches or a vest. Just some little detail to show that it's a giant. I'm sure you could figure out how to do it tastefully. You're good at this stuff.

How about the needle and thread that's 100 times bigger than it should be for a character that size? Also the harp in his bag is from the story Jack and the Beanstalk. There's enough there that even without the title people would be able to figure it out. I'm quite happy with it as it is.

Keelmy

JadenKale

ansharp wrote:Nicely done, Jaden. I'd wear this just so I could listen to the chorus of "Wow, you're cheap!" all night long. :D

hey better than 'Free' which is what my one bar does. They have an old street vendor popcorn machine in the corner that makes popcorn for the bar patrons all night long (it's cheap and salty to get you to buy more... I think it's a good strategy)

fHalcyon

tgentry wrote:How about the needle and thread that's 100 times bigger than it should be for a character that size? Also the harp in his bag is from the story Jack and the Beanstalk. There's enough there that even without the title people would be able to figure it out. I'm quite happy with it as it is.

As long as you're happy. And you're getting votes too. I didn't intend to be mean. I went to an art school where every single piece we did was bluntly (and often viciously) critiqued by the entire class and I think sometimes is best to hear what people really think instead of just the good things.

Zeusandhera

SkekTek

andrewlb wrote:soooo, not to be a spoil sport, but back in my early days of noobdom (first competition) I did something a lottt like this, so not sure if this warrents rejection or not
http://shirt.woot.com/derby/entry.aspx?id=10013
and yes yours is a lot better than what I was doing a year ago

Surprised it's been done before as a woot design, but I doubt it would be rejectionable just on the merit that fake cow udders on a splotched up shirt was done before. Especially since if you search for "cow costume" you get pretty much the same thing. I actually wore a costume like this about 10 years ago to a party, so I would be surprised if this was a completely novel concept. IE- I'm surprised it isn't already being sold somewhere else...

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